Enfield Pub. & Dist. Co.
Titles appearing in Art Book News Annual — January 2007
Textile preparation and dyeing.
Choudhury, A. K. Roy.
Science Publishers, Inc., ©2006 834 p. $90.00 TP897
1-57808-402-4
Choudhury takes a comprehensive but concise approach toward the process of textile dyeing, and includes traditional techniques and formulations along with the most up-to-date. He covers the chemistry of textile materials, including various fibers' structure and properties, water requirements and treatments, with emphasis on environmentally sound practice, surface-active agents, cleaning and whitening as preparatory processes, dyes and dyeing, including theories of dyeing, dyeing machines, and dyeing of cellulose fibers, animal fibers and synthetic fibers. He closes with a full chapter on eco-friendly textiles and their processing. Distributed in the US by Enfield. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
